Stabbed Crossville Police K9 Has Died

A Crossville Police K9 has died after being stabbed by a suspect who led police on a high speed chase Wednesday morning.

K9 Officer Cain died from his injuries this morning at U.T. Veterinary Medical Center.

28-year-old Dustin Lee Dixon is behind bars at the Cumberland County Jail facing multiple criminal charges.

Authorities said the pursuit began around 4:20 a.m. when deputies responded two reports of a semi that side swiped a car on Highway-68 near Grassy Cove. Dixon allegedly swerved into the path of a Cumberland County patrol vehicle that responded to the scene.

Dixon led Crossville Police and Cumberland County deputies to a dirt road off Genesis Road, where he crashed the semi into a tree and ran into the woods.

K9 officer Cain followed Dixon and and returned with multiple stab wounds to the chest.

Dixon was arrested and taken to the Cumberland County Jail. Authorities said the truck he was driving was stolen from a local business earlier that night.